PREPONDERANTLY

predominantly, preponderantly

(adverb) much greater in number or influence; “the patients are predominantly indigenous”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adverb

preponderantly (comparative more preponderantly, superlative most preponderantly)

In a preponderant manner.

Source: Wiktionary


PREPONDERANT

Pre*pon"der*ant a. Etym: [L. praeponderans, -antis: cf. F. prépondérant. See Preponderate.]

Definition: Preponderating; outweighing; overbalancing; -- used literally and figuratively; as, a preponderant weight; of preponderant importance.

– Pre*pon"der*ant*ly, adv.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

17 January 2025

OBSERVE

(verb) conform one’s action or practice to; “keep appointments”; “she never keeps her promises”; “We kept to the original conditions of the contract”


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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